Combination library and dressing table.



IVI. E. FITZGERALD.

COMBINATION LIBRARY AND DRESSING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22.19I.

1 72,245. Patented July 9, 191s.

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COMBINATION LIBRARY AND DRESSING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22.1917.

Patented July 9, 1918.

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. Dressing Tables, of which the following is amania :tarmac-Baarn, orsr. Louis, missouni.

COMBINATION LIBRARY D DRESSING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patente duly 9, 191%.

Application filed March 22, 1817. Serial No. 158,559.

To all whom t may eoncem.' i

Be it known that I, MARIE E. FITZG, a citizen of the United States,residin .at the city of St. Louis, in the State of t ssouri, haveinvented certain .new and useful Improvements in Combination Library andspecication.

This invention consists of a combined library or card table or the likeand a ladys dresser or dressing table. l

In modern so-called efliciencyl apartments or similar small livingquarters in which the bed is disguised by fitting into a wall ordoor-way or in some other manner, the bed-room eii'ect neverthelessremainsif the .room contains an ordinary dresser, chiffonier, or dressintable. y

The object of t is invention is to provide a useful article of furnituresuch, for instance, as a. table which atl night or other suitable timescan be converted into another useful article of furniture appertainingtothe toilet. Two-item pieces o furniture are known, but this inventionprovides a suitable combination of dresser, dressing table bearingarticles, and library or card table or the like.

One of the advantages of this invention resides in the fact that theperfume bottles, powder boxes, pin trays, and the like ordinarily foundupona ladys dressing table or dresser need not be removed or in any waychanged preparatory to conversion of this article of furniture from adressing table to an ordinary table, but are inclosed and out of si htwhen the same has been so converte In the accompanying drawings formingpart of this specification and in which like numbers of reference denotelike parts wherever they occur, o

Figure 1 is a perspective view of this article of furniture when openfor use as a dressing table; Q

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same when closed for appearance oruse as a center, card, or library table or desk;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the detail of connection between thelid or table top and the back of the base ortion;

Figs. 4 and 5 show the soc et member of a spring catch for a hingedfront member;

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate the spring-pressed button member that coperateswith the said socket member; and

Fig. 8 is a sectional view, on a reduced scale, shpwing the relativelarrangement of parts within the table when it has been closed in themanner shown in Fi 2.

The mirror `1 for the dressing ta le is suitably mounted in the insideor underside of the table top 2, which is hinged at 3 tothe back wall 4of the dressing table. The hinges 3 are so arranged as to hold themirror 1 vertical when the dressing table is in use, and the mirror isprevented from leaning backward by the engagement of the ilan e 5 of thetop 2 vwith the back wall 4, as s own in Fig. 3. The mirror 1 isprevented from accidentally falling forward by the stays 6, which areadapted to fold on pivots 7 in the manner shown in Fig. V8.

The side walls 8 of the article extend upwardly to form the sides 9 ofthe dressing table connecting with the back wall 4 thereof and the frontwall 10, which is hin ed at 11 to the table proper of the dresser. enthe article is to be closed to the form shown in Fig. 2, the said hingedfront wall 10 will be raised from the position shown in Fig. 1- to thatshown in Fig. 2, and will be retained in the said -upraised position bythe balland-socket snap fasteners 13, of which the socket member 14 maybe attached either to the wall 9 or to the wall 10 and the ball orbutton member 15 may be oppositely attached either to the wall 10 or tothe wall 9. The spring 16 inclosed in the box 17 normally presses thebutton 15 outwardly so that the sameenters the socket 14 when inposition so to do, but, having the rounded head clearly shown in Fig. 7,the said but- .ton 15 will upon the application of sli ht pressure tothe wall 10 move either out o or into the socket 14 according to thedirection of the movement or pressure upon the said wa1l'10. 4

For the sake of appearance, the table top 2 is provided with the flange5, preferably running completely around the same, but the said flange ismore particularly provided on the side of the top 2 adjacent to the backwall 4 of the dressing table in order to engage the same in the mannershown in Fig. 3 to prevent undue strain' upon the hinges 3 and tomaintain the mirror 1 in al fixedand vertical position.

of the table top 2 will be about one inch higher than the customaryheight of ordinary library tables. The base may be of any desired orsuitable construction, and may contain drawers 21 for the receptioneither of library supplies or articles of clothing or toilet supplies.

It will be observed in Fig. 8 that the mirror 1 is located in acountersink 22 in the underneath or reverse side of the table top 2.

It is to be understood that instead of the hinges 3 or 11 shown in thedrawings, concealed hinges may be used, and, furthermore, hinges in lieuof the hinges 3 shown in the drawings may be so constructed as to embodywlthin themselves the stop or stay feature present in the stays 6, whichact both as stops to prevent too great backward movement or inclinationof the member 2 and its forward inclination-or fall. Instead of theball-and-socket fasteners 13, any other suitable spring or otherfasteners maybe used. Sometlmes dressing mirrors are formed in threesections pivotally connected together and it is'quite'possible to addthat detail o construction to the mirror used in this invention,although such modification is not illustrated in the drawings in thispatent. Furthermore, modifications not shown in the drawings may be madein the means of hinging and staying the element bearing the mirror 1 soas to allow its movement backward or forward from a substantiallyvertical plane.

Having thus described this invention, I

hereby reserve the benefit of all changes in form, arrangement, order,or use of parts, as it is evident that many minor changes may be madetherein without departing from the spirit of this invention.

v I claim:

A dressing table having a fixed top, a fixed wall extending` about thefixed top at the rear and at the ends thereof, a wall hinged to thefront edge of the top and adapted to swing downwardly below said top orupwardly and position or rest upon the upper surface of said lixed topto complete an inclosing wall about said'top, article-receiving boxessupported upon the top and extending from the rear to a point 'adlacentthe front thereof, said boxes terminating short of the front edge of thetop a sulicient distance to permit the hinged front wall to lie betweenthe side walls when the front wall is raised,v

and a hinged cover having a flange extending therearound which lits downover theseveral walls when lowered.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

MARIE E. FITZGERALD.

